1. Godly Powers: A Mystical US Patent Application – Christopher Anthony Roller submitted a patent application to gain exclusive rights to his godly powers, and he certainly made some convincing arguments throughout his correspondence with the USPTO. A visit to the public PAIR portal yielded an Image File Wrapper with some interesting content: a comparison of godly powers to business method and software patents, a lawsuit against David Copperfield, and a rather exasperated non-final rejection.

4. How is Exalead Better Than Google? – Exalead is a free online search system with some features that just may give Google a run for its money: advanced search options entered directly into the search form, filters, related terms, and thumbnails in search results, thumbnail bookmarks, and Exalead Desktop.

Look back through the past posts from 2011, and let us know which blog post was your favorite! Thanks for reading the Intellogist Blog, and have a Happy New Year!

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